MELISSA LEONG food writer and host of MasterChef Australia
THROUGH HER POPULAR INSTAGRAM, FOODERATI, AND AS A HOST ON ONE OF AUSTRALIA’S LONGEST-RUNNING COOKING SHOWS, MELISSA LEONG IS BRINGING STYLE AND SUSTAINABILITY TO THE FOOD SCENE.
I grew up in a family where food was part of our DNA. Singaporeans know good food from birth, and my earliest memories are ones of sitting on my family’s kitchen floor, watching my mum pound chillies and herbs for sambal, skim soups and fill dumplings. My heritage as a Singaporean Australian has highly influenced who I am and how I approach food. How could it not? It’s literally who I am.
I found my way into food media, and the industry in general, through working in advertising during a time when social media wasn’t yet an integral part of the landscape. I chose food as a topic of conversation in order to embed myself. Through that experience, I learned to communicate my love of food and, thanks to mentors in
